Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over the timing of his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, accusing him of trying to steal national attention during a week of mourning for the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement posted on his verified social media handle, Keyamo acknowledged Atikus constitutional right to switch political parties but described his action as insensitive and self-centered.
Your Excellency, whilst I acknowledge that it is within your constitutional right to change political parties at any time you may wish, releasing your letter of resignation from the PDP during this week of the mourning of our immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari, is clearly an attempt to draw the spotlight away from such a solemn occasion and direct it on yourself, Keyamo wrote.
He further claimed that Atiku signed and released the letter barely a day after the death of Buhari was officially announced, adding that the timing demonstrated a lack of sympathy.
This clearly demonstrates that your obsession with your perennial Presidential ambition knows no sympathy or empathy, he said.